Accelerating America’s access
to critical minerals
From national security, to semiconductors to energy infrastructure, there’s never been more urgent demand for critical minerals in the USA
National Security
Semiconductors
Energy Infrastructure
At ElementUSA, we provide end-to-end Waste2Market (W2M) services with robust midstream infrastructure processing capabilities, transforming industrial liabilities into essential minerals for key industries.
We are dedicated to unlocking overlooked domestic resources and providing the processing capabilities necessary to supply both industry and defense sectors.
Minerals More Critical Than Ever
Of the 50 named critical minerals in 2024, the U.S. is 100% reliant on imports for 12 of them and over 50% reliant on 32 more.
With strong bipartisan support, the time for re-shoring these critical minerals to the United States is right now.
Source: USGS
Waste is Now a Strategic National Resource
There are over 100 billion tons of legacy mine waste in the U.S. today. ElementUSA has the technical, operational and financial capabilities to transform these vast secondary resources to recover value. The USGS map of legacy mining and mineral wastes in the U.S. shows each red dot representing a legacy mineral waste site.
Building Onshore Processing Capacity
The U.S. lacks domestic processing capacity. Without modern infrastructure, even raw resources mined domestically or sourced from allies cannot reliably be delivered to U.S. markets.
The fastest path to strategic mineral security is to build domestic midstream processing infrastructure that can handle raw materials from both U.S. and allied sources.
Accelerating the Solution
ElementUSA’s physical hub and innovation engine, the Critical Resource Accelerator brings together the laboratory and R&D facility with our people, data, IP, and AI to test, define, develop, scale, and commercialize processes that drive our programs forward.
We specialize in resource recovery, creating market pathways for resource owners, offering feedstock and implementation for technology partners, and connecting OEMs with critical resources tailored to their needs. Learn more about our end-to-end services.